SLIAC Game of the Week - Westminster vs. Eureka

Feb 10, 2015

This week's SLIAC Game of the Week is a possible SLIAC Women's
Basketball Tournament preview as Westminster College will visit
Eureka College on Saturday. Westminster has already clinched a spot
in the 2015 tournament while Eureka needs one more win to secure a
spot.

At a
Glance
Saturday's game between Westminster and Eureka puts two teams that
have a chance at meeting in the first round of the 2015 SLIAC
Women's Basketball Tournament. Westminster is currently in second
place in the standings with an 11-2 record while Eureka would earn
the third seed based on their current 9-5 conference mark.
Saturday's game is set for a 1 p.m. tip in Eureka, Illinois.

About Westminster
Westminster has won six straight games and are 13-5 overall this
season. Since the start of the new year the Blue Jays have won 10
of 11 games as they have climbed into second place in the
standings. The Blue Jays will put their winning streak on the line
with mid-week games against MacMurray and Central Christian Bible
before facing Eureka on Saturday.

Westminster is the top scoring team in the SLIAC, averaging 68.5
points per game; while they are allowing 61.2 points per game. The
Blue Jays offense is highlighted by their shooting efficiency,
shooting 41.7 percent from the field as a team and knocking down
36.8 percent of their three point shots. It has been a team effort
for the Blue Jays this season with three players averaging double
figures in scoring. Leading the way is sophomore forward Andrea
Zalis at 14.5 points per game while junior guard Kasey Gatson is
averaging 13.7 points per game and junior guard Mackenzie Haddox is
averaging 10.8 points per game. Both Gatson and Zalis are dangerous
from the outside with both players knocking down at least 29
three's this season. Haddox meanwhile has been effective running
the offense with 74 assists this season and ranking third in the
league in assist to turnover ratio.

About Eureka
Eureka is 12-9 overall this season and have won two straight
games; topping MacMurray 80-50 last Wednesday and Greenville 72-66
on Saturday. The Red Devils are 8-3 since the turn of the calendar
year. This marks the fourth time this season the Red Devils will
have had a week or more off between games, they are 1-2 in their
previous three games returning to action.

Eureka ranks third in the league in scoring at 67.5 points per
game and allows 69.1 points per game. They Red Devils are shooting
just 36.8 percent from the field as a team but make up for their
misses with their rebounding; averaging 44.1 rebounds per game,
second most in the SLIAC. The Red Devils have been led by the
inside-outside duo of Kelsey Shoemake and Emily Camden. Shoemake, a
senior forward, is one of the league's premier post players
averaging 17.9 points and 13.4 rebounds per game while shooting
51.3 percent from the field. Camden, a junior guard, is the Red
Devils long range threat with a conference high 63 three pointers
while averaging 16.3 points per game this season.

Game
Notes

Westminster leads the all-time series against Eureka 15-3
including a 75-41 win earlier this season.

Eureka is 8-2 at home this season, the best home record in the
conference this season.

Westminster's Kasey Gatson ranks second in the SLIAC in three
point shooting percentage with a 48-percent mark.

Eureka's Kesley Shoemake has recorded 15 double-doubles this
season including two games with 20 points and 20 rebounds.

Gatson is also the only player in the league to rank in the top
five in both field goal percentage, 4th, and three point
percentage, 2nd.

Eureka's Emily Camden is coming off a 31 point game in which
she tied the program mark with eight three pointers in a game.